Ravens rookie defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore is returning to practice Wednesday, a sign of progress after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament while playing for Notre Dame in the BCS national title game against Alabama in January.

Lewis-Moore remains on the reserve non-football injury list, and the Ravens have three weeks to decide whether to place him on the active roster.

The fact that the 6-foot-4, 310-pound player is even practicing shows how far he's come since suffering the injury.

"I feel like I'm pretty ready," Lewis-Moore said. "There's a lot of rust I got to knock off because I haven't been able to do anything for nine 10 months. I just got to knock some rust off and work on my craft.